Episode 367 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Vivjan Myrto, Founder & Managing Partner at Hyperplane.

Why Boston Be The Star of the AI Revolution - this is the title of an article that Zach Winn wrote for VentureFizz seven years ago. It talks about the history of AI in the Boston area including Marvin Minksy’s first neural net machine back in 1951, the amazing academic institutions, plus the state of the tech ecosystem in this industry back then.

Vivjan was featured in this article along with this quote:

“I think machine intelligence represents a once in a lifetime opportunity for entrepreneurs...”

It’s impressive to see how Vivjan and his partners were well ahead of the AI hype machine, as they built Hyperplane’s focus around backing the best founding teams working in this sector along with other innovations in hardtech like robotics, sensors and more.

The firm’s name is even based on a term in machine learning applications, a higher-dimensional plane used to help categorize data based on its underlying structure from images to real-world events.

In this podcast, we cover:

* Vivjan’s inspirational background story from growing up in Albania to fighting cancer and moving to the United States for treatment and learning how to speak English while he was in the hospital.

* Going on to build a healthcare startup that was acquired.

* How Hyperplane came to fruition and how they raised their first fund.

* All the details about Hyperplane and the firm’s area of focus for investments.

* A deep dive into Modulate, one of their portfolio companies.

* Advice on taking the entrepreneurial leap

* A discussion around the Boston tech scene and areas for improvement.

* His passion for wind sports and photography.

* And so much more.

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